Adam Fratto
Department: Co-President, Founder, Director-HW Film Festival
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Co-President and Founder ADAM FRATTO (Quincy '90) majored in Social Studies but wrote his senior thesis on horror movies and spent most of his time at the Loeb Drama Center. After a stint directing theatre in Manhattan, Adam spent a year in Beijing, creating and teaching a course in American Culture to U.S.-bound Chinese scientists. On return to the States, Adam attended the University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television, where he earned an MFA in Film and Video Production. After producing several documentaries and short films, Adam went to work in motion picture development at Mutual Film Company (SPEED, SAVING PRIVATE RYAN). Following that, he served as Creative Executive for Michael Douglas' Furthur Films, where he helped develop WONDER BOYS, ONE NIGHT AT McCOOL'S, DON'T SAY A WORD, and SWIMFAN. Adam is now Vice President at Piller/Segan, a film and television production company, where he works on the USA Network's hit series THE DEAD ZONE and oversees development of all new film and television projects. Adam is married to Christina von Mayrhauser '90, a Professor of Anthropology at California State University Northridge.
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